IMC 2022: Sessions
Session 237: Bordering Adulthood: Adolescence and Youth in Times of Change, II
Monday 4 July 2022, 14.15-15.45
| Sponsor: | British Academy / Department of History, University College London |
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| Organiser: | Emily J. Ward, Darwin College, University of Cambridge |
| Moderator/Chair: | Claudia Wittig, Centre for Medieval Literature, Syddansk Universitet, Odense |
| Paper 237-a | Growing Vikings: Enculturation, Precocious Youths, and Puppet Princes (Language: English) Index terms: Daily Life, Education, Language and Literature - Scandinavian, Social History |
| Paper 237-b | 'Je ne li apartieng': Adolescence and Aspects of Belonging, c. 1050 - c. 1250 (Language: English) Index terms: Charters and Diplomatics, Daily Life, Social History |
| Paper 237-c | Wrestling with Pedagogy: A Kinaesthetic Perspective on the Education of Princes (Language: English) Index terms: Education, Gender Studies, Language and Literature - Latin, Rhetoric |
| Abstract | Adolescence and youth were formative times of change in medieval society. Crisis, transformation, and growth could be very real aspects of young people's lived experience, but they were also central elements in contemporary representations of adolescence and youth, as found in a variety of exemplary stories, literary and performative narratives, historical texts, and didactic works. Moreover, structural changes within medieval communities, cultures, and institutions could also impress themselves with particular strength on those navigating the borders of adulthood. The relationship between youth and change was complicated and multifaceted, as this panel shows by examining aspects of education, enculturation, and belonging within noble and princely environments between the 11th and 13th centuries. |